In January–June 2014 volume of trades on KASE increased by 54.2 % and made up KZT19.9 trln ($113.0 bn)

/KASE, July 3, 14/ – In January-June 2014 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT19,877.9 bn (equivalent of USD113,047.6 m) and increased against the similar 2013 period by 1.5 times (32.4 % in USD). In comparison with the previous six month period (July-December 2013) the trade volume increased by 4.1 % (9.2 % in USD). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) in first two months of 2014 by market sector and comparative data of the same period of 2013. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I–VI, 2014 I–VI, 2013 Trend ---------------- --------------- ---------------- Market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ bn KZT ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 14598.4 73.4 7319.2 56.8 +7279.2 +99.5 including: spot-market 6936.2 34.9 3848.8 29.9 +3087.4 +80.2 swap-market 7662.2 38.5 3470.3 26.9 +4191.8 +120.8 Kazakhstan GS 446.9 2.2 439.9 3.4 +7.0 +1.6 including: primary market 424.3 2.1 353.3 2.7 +71.0 +20.1 secondary market 22.6 0.1 86.6 0.7 -64.0 -73.9 Shares 21.6 0.1 44.3 0.3 -22.7 -51.2 Corporate debt 79.6 0.4 158.1 1.2 -78.5 -49.6 securities Repo transactions: 4730.1 23.8 4911.1 38.1 -181.0 -3.7 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.1 <0.1 0 0 +0.1 X autorepo on GS 4601.6 23.1 4875.4 37.8 -273.8 -5.6 "nego" repo on GS 1.4 <0.1 0.8 <0.1 +0.58 +72.8 autorepo on GS 127.0 0.6 34.9 0.3 +92.1 +263.8 Investment funds 0.0 <0.1 1.4 <0.1 -1.4 -99.3 securities IFO bonds 0.1 <0.1 15.5 0.1 -15.4 -99.3 Futures 1.1 <0.1 3.1 0 -1.9 -63.4 ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 19877.9 100.0 12892.7 99.8 +6985.2 +54.2 ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ mln USD ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Foreign currency 82928.1 73.4 48498.0 56.8 +34430.1 +71.0 including: spot-market 39420.8 34.9 25503.4 29.9 +13917.4 +54.6 swap-market 43507.3 38.5 22994.6 26.9 +20512.7 +89.2 Kazakhstan GS 2524.6 2.2 2915.1 3.4 -390.5 -13.4 including: primary market 2391.4 2.1 2340.8 2.7 +50.6 +2.2 secondary market 133.2 0.1 574.3 0.7 -441.0 -76.8 Shares 123.2 0.1 293.8 0.3 -170.6 -58.1 Corporate debt 455.5 0.4 1047.0 1.2 -591.5 -56.5 securities Repo transactions: 27008.2 23.9 32528.9 38.1 -5520.6 -17.0 including: "nego" repo on GS 0.6 <0.1 0 0 +0.6 X autorepo on GS 26283.9 23.3 32292.2 37.8 -6008.3 -18.6 "nego" repo on GS 7.6 <0.1 5.3 <0.1 +2.3 +43.2 autorepo on GS 716.1 0.6 231.3 0.3 +484.8 +209.5 Investment funds 0.1 <0.1 9.5 <0.1 -9.4 -99.4 securities IFO bonds 0.7 <0.1 102.7 0.1 -101.9 -99.3 Futures 7.2 <0.1 20.3 0 -13.1 -64.6 ------------------- -------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ------ Total trades volume 113047.6 100.0 85415.1 99.8 +27632.5 +32.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; "direct" repo – repo transactions carried out by "direct" method (with conclusion of direct opening and closing repo deals); auto repo – repo transactions carried out automatically; 'n/t' – no trade held. Trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. Information on notes and futures is not provided due to absence of deals in such instruments in the compared periods. [2014-07-03]